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TOKYO BLADE To Release 'Live In Germany' CD/DVD

Reactivated NWOBHM legends TOKYO BLADE will release the "Live In Germany" CD and DVD on October 27 through Razar Ice Records. The effort was recorded last November at the Keep It True festival in Würzburg, Germany during the band's "Die By The Sword" tour. "Live In Germany" was mixed and mastered by...

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HELLBASTARD Signs With SELFMADEGOD RECORDS

Reformed U.K. thrash metal/crust punk band HELLBASTARD has inked a deal with Poland's Selfmadegod Records. The label will issue "The Need to Kill" on CD, as well as the newly recorded "Eco-War" CD EP, in late October 2009. "The Need to Kill" features six re-recorded HELLBASTARD ragers, while the six...

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THE SWORD Featured On 'Jennifer's Body' Soundtrack

Austin, Texas' THE SWORD has issued the following update: "THE SWORD will have a song on the soundtrack of the new film 'Jennifer's Body', which comes out September 18th. As far as we can tell, the movie is about a sexy high school succubus who kills her classmates. "In case you didn't know, we have...

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CHTHONIC: The Story Behind 'Mirror Of Retribution'

A four-minute video clip telling the story behind "Mirror of Retribution", the new album from Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC, can be viewed below. "Mirror of Retribution" will be released in the U.S. on September 1 via Spinefarm Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Autoscopy 02. Bl...

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THE SWORD Almost Done Writing New Album

Austin, Texas' THE SWORD has issued the following update: "The writing process [for the third THE SWORD album] is nearing completion, and demoing will soon commence. Recording will follow in the fall with a release as soon as the suits can get it together. The record will be a concept album centered...

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ALL THAT REMAINS, LACUNA COIL To Team Up For 'HardDrive Live' Tour

ALL THAT REMAINS, LACUNA COIL and MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER will join forces for this year's "HardDrive Live" tour, which will kick off on September 22. Confirmed dates are as follows: Sep. 22 - Albany, NY - Northern Lights Sep. 23 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza Sep. 25 - Philadelphia, PA ...

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JASON NEWSTED Interviewed On 101.5 KFLY's 'The Edge'; Audio Available

Carl Sundberg, the host of "The Edge" show, which airs on Eugene, Oregon's 101.5 KFLY radio station, recently conducted an interview with bassist Jason Newsted (VOIVOD, METALLICA, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM). The chat is now available for download in four parts: Part One Part Two Part Three Part ...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist, Ex-ANTHRAX Singer To Attend BRIMSTONE's Roast And Birthday Bash

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and former ANTHRAX vocalist Dan Nelson are among the "celebrities" who will take part in the "official roast and 35th birthday bash of professional wrestler, actor, author, comic book hero and philanthropist" William "Brimstone" Kucmierowski. The stars w...

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CHTHONIC: '49 Theurgy Chains' Video Released

"49 Theurgy Chains", the new video from Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC, can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's new album, "Mirror of Retribution", which will be released in the U.S. on September 1 via Spinefarm Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Autoscopy 02. Blooming...

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CHTHONIC: New Video To Debut Tomorrow

"49 Theurgy Chains", the new video from Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC, will make its online debut tomorrow (Monday, July 27). The song comes off the band's new album, "Mirror of Retribution", which will be released in the U.S. on September 1 via Spinefarm Records. The track listing for the CD is as f...

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CHTHONIC Mainman Discusses New Album

Speed Beaver Music recently conducted an interview with vocalist Freddy Lim of the Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Speed Beaver Music: OK, tell us about the new album, what is it called and what the idea of the album is, what's the concept? Freddy: The...

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Japan's SEIKIMA-II To Release 'Akuma Nativity - Songs of the Sword' Compilation

Japanese heavy metal veterans SEIKIMA-II (pronounced "Seikimatsu," which means "the end of the century") are back with a new album. This new compilation, entitled "Akuma Nativity - Songs of the Sword", will feature 13 of the band's greatest hits re-recorded in full English. The CD will come out in A...

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By the Light of the Northern Star

"By the Light of the Northern Star" is such a grand declaration of the melodic and, dare I say, uplifting end of Viking/Pagan metal. I just can't seem to get enough of it lately. TYR is a band that has taken its often proggy and lengthy approach to composition and condensed it into a more ...

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Twelve out of Chamber

The album cover says it all: a menacing black and white rendering of an enraged canine with teeth bared and eyes set squarely on its prey. That's the way Finland's SCALPING SCREEN rolls on "Twelve out of Chamber", a metal infused hardcore album, which in this case doesn't equate to "metalcore" in th...

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BLACK COBRA: New Album Details Revealed

BLACK COBRA, the heaviest two-piece band in the universe, has completed work on its new album, "Chronomega", for a September 29 release via Southern Lord Records. According to a press release the CD's "nine tracks rage with BLACK COBRA's patented megacrushing, groove-heavy style of fuzztone doom-met...